Data, data, data – it’s truly everywhere, and it’s growing. We collect more and more of it (think “Big Data”), and we’re storing almost all of it digitally – and all of it is at risk without good care and management. Boston College’s research data is one of its “primary assets”. Like other academic research institutions, Boston College is responding to the proliferation of federal and publisher mandates for better data management practice and growing recognition of the enormous risk data loss poses.
O'Neill Reading Room Back Wall Exhibit
There are three horizontal cases against the Back Wall of the O'Neill Reading Room.
Data Is the New Oil
October 2015
Sponsored by The Boston College Libraries
Data, data, data – it’s truly everywhere, and it’s growing. We collect more and more of it (think “Big Data”), and we’re storing almost all of it digitally – and all of it is at risk without good care and management. Boston College’s research data is one of its “primary assets”. Like other academic research institutions, Boston College is responding to the proliferation of federal and publisher mandates for better data management practice and growing recognition of the enormous risk data loss poses.